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Thursday, October 20, 1960
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The Headlines
BIG CROWDS HERE ACCLAIM KENNEDY AND MOB HIS CAR; Thousands Surge Through Police Lines in Parade Up Lower Broadway MAYOR HAILS TURNOUT Thousands in Yonkers Wait in Rain -- Urban Program Backed by Candidate BIG CROWDS HERE ACCLAIM KENNEDY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Want to Be Wanted
Brenda Lee
#1 at the box office
Ben-Hur †
The must-have
Etch A Sketch
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
Tech Check
Laser, Echo Satellite & Etch A Sketch.
Style of 1960
Silhouette: A-line and geometric (Mod)
Material: PVC and polyester
- Miniskirts
- Go-go boots
- Pixie cuts
Cost of Living (1960)
Loaf of Bread
$0.20
Gallon of Gas
$0.31
Average Home
$11,900
New Car
$2,600
Time Elapsed
23,969 days ago
(65 years, 244 days)